Luggage carrier



Aug. 21, 1923.

J. W. GORRELL LUGGAGE CARRIER Filed March 1922 Patented Aug. 21, 1923;

JOHN w. GORRELL,JOF'CONNELSVILLE, Mrssouer. r

j LUGGAGE Application filed March a,

This invention relates to luggage carriers for automobiles,'andparticularlylto-a de-f tachable luggage carrier adapted to be asso-jmated with the runnlng or foot board of an automobile. c

An object of this invention is to provide.-.

a luggage carrier ofthe character indicated that can be maderelatively-wide, as com pared with the width of the running board, inorder that the capacity of the carrier will be increased, as comparedwith the capacity of carriers now in common use; andthe said inventionfurther contemplates the provision of novel means whereby the carriercan be readily applied to or removed from the running board of anautomobile, and the invention has further reference to novel meanswhereby the carrier is anchored at the outer edge of the running boardin such a manner as to obviate accidental dislodgment or displacement ofthe running board, While atthe same time affording means for itsdetachment without manipulation of fastenings such as bolts, nuts or thelike.

It is a further object ofthis invention to produce a'luggage carrier,the contents of which augments the efficiency of its means of anchorageto'the running board, due to the weight of the said contents. b

With the foregoing and-otherobjectsin view, the invention consists inthe'details of construction, and in the arrangement and combination ofparts to be hereinafter more fully set forth and claimed. 7

In describing the invention in detail, reference will be had to theaccompanying drawings forming part of this application wherein likecharacters denote corresponding parts in the several views, and inwhich- 1 Figure 1 illustrates a perspective view of a running boardshowing a device embody-: ing the invention applied thereto;

Figure Zillustrates' a sectional View of the running board showing theluggage carrier in end elevation; and r CARRIER. Z

1922. Serial No. 542,188. 7

the. line of Figure 1'.

, igure 3 illustrates a sectional fview: on:

In car ylng the inventioninto practice,,Ij V prefer to 'construct itof'metal rods of relatively small gage, but the lengthof the carrierxandits width must be taken into conf 'sideration in the: selection ofmaterial: of V proper size andstrength; .71 f l, In the presentembodiment of. the invention, the carrieris illustrated as comprisingouter frame-like structure consisting'of a ahorizontally disposed toprail 5 and 1a parallel bottom,-railv6 that may bej oined I together byvertical or otherwise related ends? and 8. Theend'? of the frame, in;

this embodiment of the invention, isprovid-r ed with an integral arm 9whichextends inwardly over the running board 10 audit isanchoredinplaceby "reason of the fact'that theend of'the-f arm extendsthrough aneye V bolt 11 whiohmay be used asione of the fender fasteningsby which a fender'is connectedto the running board, as is a commonconstruction in automobiles. equivalent device may be employed as ananchorage for the inner end of. the arm which is shown as having its end12 bent in order thata pull on the arm longitu-' dinally, will cause thebinding of'the end of the arm and the anchorage that will prevent thedislodgment of the arm from the,

Of course any anchorage.- Another arm 13 extends from a the frame and itis of the same construction as the arm 9 and is applied to an anchor 14,similar to the anchor 11. An intermediate horizontal frame member 15extends parallel withthe upper and lower sections 5 and 6 of the frame,and the said member 15' may have its ends anchored to the ends of'theframe in any appropriate way. I

Between the ends of the frame there IS a to the members 5, 6 and 15ofthe frame, and

this post, in the present embodiment of the invention, has an extension17 which projects inwardly and terminates 1n an upward extension 18adapted to lie against the under surface of the running board when theparts are in assembled positions, as shown in Fig. 3.

The frame is made, of resilient material 11 0 V in order that itmay besprung sufiiciently v to' permit the insertion of the extension 1'?Vunderthe running board, and hence when 5 the guard is to be removed, itWill be necessary to spring or distort the frame by pressing it inwardlyat the top to cause the extensions to pass'the edge of the running boardwhen the guard is lifted.

As a means for preventing the 'dislodg-.

rigidity of construction, may be secured to it in appropriate way, as byWelding or the like.

immaterial. in the production of a luggage carrier embodying theinvention, 'in What manner the'elements or rods of which the carrier is'formed are connected together at their intersections, sincebne skilledin the art will understand that they may be riveted arms shall be suchthat they cannot be disengaged from their fastenings by a direct outwardpull, and that the said carrier may the edge of a running board, meansfor anchoring the inner'ends of the arms to the running board, the saidarms resting on the running board-at its outer edge, and I a memberforming a part of an extension of the frame of a resilient constructionprojecting under the edge of the running board 7 i and shaped to bearagainst the under sur It Will, of course, be understood that it is faceof the said running board and applicable thereto and removabletherefrom; by the tortion of the'carrier structure.

2. In a luggage carrier for automobiles arms having substantiallyangularly disposed inner ends adapted to be applied to anchors on therunning board, a frame structure constituting a guard carried by thesaid arms, and an extension'attached to the'frame between its ends andadapted to project under the running board into contact with its undersurface and adapted to beremoved therefrom by the springing of the saidguard.

' JOHN W.- GORRELL.

